Gigabyte 990FXA UD5 Motherboard Review

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 AMD 990FX Chipset
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition (3.2Ghz) 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
Cooler Master V6 GT
2x G.Skill RipjawsX PC2133 4GB DDR3 (9-10-9-28)
MSI Radeon HD6870 Hawk
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1050W
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit

Gigabyte GA-890FX-UD5 AMD 890FX Chipset
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition (3.2Ghz) 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
Cooler Master V6 GT
2x G.Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ DDR3 (7-7-7-18) 2gig
BFG GTX 260 Maxcore 55
Western Digital VelociRaptor 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
CoolerMaster Silent Gold 1200W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit

EVGA P55 Classified 200 Intel P55 Chipset
Core i5 750 (2.66Ghz) 4 x 256KB L2, 8MB L3 Cache 2.5GT/s DMI
Custom Watercooler - DangerDen TDX-MC 1/2" hose
2x Corsair Dominator GT PC2000 6GB DDR3 (7-8-7-21)
NVidia GTX 580 PCI Express
Western Digital Raptor X 150BG SerialATA 10000RPM
LG 20x Super Multi GSA-H55L
Corsair HX 850 Watt PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Our old motherboard testing suite was compiled to expose differences in chipset design.  In the beginning this worked very well for us however there was very little effort spent to test the other aspects of the motherboard.  Now with the advent of an IMC and PCI Express being moved to the processor we found ourselves needing to improve our testing procedure and find new ways to determine actual performance and quality of the boards we review.  Because of this we will be rolling in some new tests and saying good bye to some old friends.  

Other than the new standard tests it will be business as usual.  Out of box testing will be first followed by overclocking results.  This is assuming the system allows overclocking.